American Horticultural Society Essential Guide to Perennial Gardening Techniques and Know-How for Planning, Planting, and Tending Low-Maintenance Perennial Plantings

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• ISBN13: 9780760392836
• ISBN10: 0760392838
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780760392843
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2025-02-04
• Publisher: Cool Springs Press
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Summary

Learn how to build an enduring, resilient, and biodiverse landscape prized by pollinators and people alike from the foremost authority on gardening in North America.

The second book in the American Horticultural Society’s series of growing guides, Essential Guide to Perennial Gardening is a comprehensive and modern guide to cultivating and caring for perennial plants, including many perennials native to North America. Whether you grow in full sun or a shady corner, in a small space or a large landscape, the insight and guidance offered by the experts at AHS ensure you’ll have a thriving, bloom-filled garden. Included inside: 

• Strategies for designing the perennial garden of your dreams or incorporating perennials into an existing garden 
• Advice on selecting the best perennials for your climate and design style
• Techniques for fostering a robust and adaptable garden that requires lower maintenance 
• Eco-friendly approaches to managing pests and diseases 
• Information on routine perennial plant-care tasks such as dividing, pruning, pinching, staking, and fertilizing
• Insight on garden maintenance methods that do not negatively impact pollinators and other wildlife
• Over 150 perennial plant profiles with photographs and specific care advice 

This complete and contemporary manual contains all the information you need to grow perennials successfully in the face of today’s many gardening challenges, including weather extremes, invasive pests, water-use restrictions, and other such trials. Its modern approach to perennial gardening focuses on treating the garden as an ecosystem that depends less on human interference and more on natural resiliency.

Also included in this series are Essential Guide to Organic Vegetable Gardening and Essential Guide to Ecological Gardening.

Author Biography

Founded in 1922, the non-profit American Horticultural Society (AHS) is one of the most respected and longstanding member-based national gardening organizations in North America. The Society’s membership includes aspiring, new, and experienced gardeners, plant enthusiasts, and horticultural professionals, as well as numerous regional and national partner organizations. Through its educational programs, awards, and publications, the AHS inspires a culture of gardening and horticultural practices that creates and sustains healthy, beautiful communities and a livable planet. AHS is headquartered at River Farm, a 25-acre site overlooking the Potomac River that is part of George Washington’s original farmlands in Alexandria, Virginia. ahsgardening.org 

Table of Contents

Meet the American Horticultural Society
INTRODUCTION
What perennials are and why you’ll love them
CHAPTER 1 YOUR PIECE OF THE PLANET
Understanding the climate, soil, and conditions that make your garden unique
CHAPTER 2 YOUR GARDEN IS AN ECOSYSTEM
Making space for living things, big and small, to thrive
CHAPTER 3
FINDING YOUR GARDEN STYLE
Tools and tips for making a beautifully designed garden
CHAPTER 4 POPULATING YOUR GARDEN
How to shop for and propagate beautiful plants
CHAPTER 5 PUTTING PLANTS IN THE GROUND
How to prepare and plant your garden
CHAPTER 6 KEEPING THINGS GOING
Maintaining and troubleshooting your garden
CHAPTER 7 PLANT PROFILES
Resources 
Join the AHS 
Acknowledgments 
Photo Credits 
Index